As I mentioned in my previous post, I have ordered a MAC mini to host my Servers. After a 2 days battle with Apple regarding delivery (and a really nice discount from them :) ), I've finally received the MAC and tried to install ESX 5.0 and 5.1. I've failed to install both of them, even with a custom image I was getting a PSOD.
As I do not give up things so easily, I decided to do more research and I've found the following blog post and a new ESX 5.5 image.
The image from the above link worked fine and it was very easy to install it.
Before proceeding to install I have created a rescue USB drive and also an USB Mavericks install, just to be on the safe site if I do not manage to install ESX.
In order to create the rescue USB I've used:
and to create the Mavericks installation USB (I will try to use it later on to create a Virtual Machine as well) I've used:
I've used the method with Terminal.
As an important thing to mention here, you will need to search the App Store for MAC OS Mavericks and download it instead of just click on Update. If you just click on Update, after the download the Mini will ask for restart without actually having an image file.
I have also downloaded the VSphere client (60 day Evaluation) and I have managed to connect to the ESX server, building one of the VMs right now.
So far the experience is really good...
The next step is to install Cisco Unity Call Manager.
